Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-10-06

one Is planning rental property. Evldently
house in which one-ffth Of the floor space
is given up to halls is more expensive than
one which contains smaller proportion OF
hall space. According as one is able to di-
minsh the amount Of passage room, and yet
meet all of the conditions OF good and eco
nomical housekeeping, he can reduce the cost
Of the house as to its building, its furnishing
and the amount Of labor required in caring
for it. Thus economy in construction and
convenience and ease in general housekeeping
movements go hand in hand. Parallel illus
trations might be carried forward so as to in
clude each detail of the house, but we will
take up practical illustration of this idea by
calling attention to house plan which is
submitted herewith.
Before describing it, it may be well to
say that it is designed to suit in the matter Of
cost and other conditions the family Of mod
crate means, which, by the way, is so largely
in the majority. For such family there
must be sitting room, a parlor or reception
room, dining room and a kitchen and PAN
try on the first floor. Then above these
should be what is usually called the family
bedroom, and connected with it should be the
rooms for the children, boys and girls, one
for each. Then there should be guest room,
and isolated from this part Of the house
should be the servants room. The bathroom
should be accessible from all Of the front liv-
ing rooms
The average household has the habit Of hv-
ing all over the house to greater extent
than it used to, and the awful stiffness Of
parlor is not SO apparent as In times past In
the plan given 1t is difficult to decide which
should be used as sitting room and which
as q reception room. As now used parlor
and reception room mean the same thing.
matter Of this kind would be largely matter
Of individual preference. In some instances
the dining room and the one Immediately IN
front Of it would be used together as the sit
ting or living part Of the house, in which case
the room to the left would be the parlor.
len again there are those who would keep
the dining room closed good part OF the
time and would use the two front rooms TO-
gether. Possibly the large one in front would
be designated as the sitting room. Still that
would not keep it from being used virtually
as the reception room The two would be
used together as time and occasion dictated.
The room which is lettered reception room
contains the front stairway. ms - ;.
lands near the front of the house on the
second floor, for which reason are enabled
to have the two rooms which are most used
on each floor in the front part of the house.
We have the two front chambers above and
the reception room and sitting room below.
If we had a long narrow stair hall constructed
in the usual way we would have the sitting
room toward the rear and only little alcove
bedroom over the hall in front
The dining room, which is q large room, Is
connected with the front part Of the house
by sliding doors. 1t has CRATE in one cor
ner of it. On general principles CRATE has
no business in dining room 1t Is nearly
always at some ones back and makes him
uncomfortable at meal time. Being in the
corner Of the room the CRATE faces the table.
Its location brings it farther from any one
than it would be if located on q side wall
Hence it may be allowed. There is a porch
in the rear Of the dining room, and between
the door leading to it and the door to the
china closet there is space for sideboard.
There are two windows at the end Of this din
ing room. The door which passes into the
pantry should be on double spring hinges. SO
that it will swing both ways One can push
against it and open from either side, and
when it is released it will take its natural po-
sition.
The pantry is large one. Pantries in gen.
eral may be regarded as kitchen annex-a
store room and preparing room. This pantry
is combination affair. 1t connects with the
china closet by means Of q slide. Aside from
this china closet which projects into il, there